The Writing Life & Other Absurdities

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• Don Bookered. Parting FAQ.
  on Nov 14, 2012 in Don Booker Musings. Booker's World
  So, it has been a while. Not long enough, I hear some say. In response to a 'Where's Don Booker gone?' question that's been asked in recent weeks, it's with regret I inform that the character has relieved himself of his duties and gone deeper into I...
• Shocks
  on Sep 23, 2012 in Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World
  'What you think?' Gus asked as we stepped out of Linda's car. The cold morning stung like the government. Attempts to wean residue from my eyes only made matters worse. Before I could answer, I was off. One, two ............. seven.    'Bet...
• Hurl
  on Sep 9, 2012 in Sport Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World
  'Sit yourself down there and watch real men play sport,' I muttered to Gustav, a rare cultural superiority causing me, at an atomic level, to pulse. Slightly.    'Fastest game in the known universe,' I said as we sat down. Cheap beer. Orang...
• Pepperoni
  on Aug 29, 2012
  Seasons, like people, are subject to that passage of time sometimes referred to as the 'come and go.' For those that follow the Gaelic Calendar, Summer already ended nearly a month ago. If Met Eireann - Ireland's weather service - is anything to go b...
• Trips & Double Majors
  on Aug 12, 2012
  I'm just in the door in time for the golf. I've been away too long. Longer than I had intended to be. Was it worth it? Can't say it did me any harm. On a battery level. I don't know what it is about this particular year but, be it a US presidential...
• 50 Shades of Green
  on Jul 22, 2012 in Sport Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World Politics
  How often do you go to sleep and wake up feeling twice your age? I don't know what it was, but wave after wave of whatever it was slowly took any energy I did possess to places outside my person at the beginning of the week. I didn't feel particularl...
• Womble Don
  on Jul 10, 2012 in Sport Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World The Booker Endorsement
  Eat, write and sleep. Write, sleep and eat. Odd menial chores. Sleep, eat and write. Bathroom breaks. Various lengths. Some tasks rhyme with write - others with behave. Others hiss. Weekly excursion - visit old folks home. Collect wages on way back.
• The Bailout Job
  on Jul 3, 2012 in Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World Politics
  Last Thursday night an expectant German nation watched as their football team took to the field in Warsaw to play Italy in the European Championship semi-final. Having rifled their way to the group of four with steely German precision, the country fe...
• Constants
  on Jun 26, 2012 in Ireland Don Booker Musings. Booker's World
  'You must give me €20,' he said, looking as if an invisible had a gun to the back of his head.    'Morning to you too, Gus,' I said, telling him to come in. I quickly closed the door over on the rain pissing venom on anything that dare e...
• Trapped
  on Jun 21, 2012 in Sport Ireland Don Booker Musings. The Booker Endorsement
  I had a dream. It turned into a nightmare. An eight day one.     Ten years is a long time. Especially when one waits on something. Like participating on the world stage in one of soccer's premier competitions, the European Championshi...

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